The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war.

The M8 Greyhound was thought to be far more capable, as a fighting machine, than the M3 Scout Car and half-tracks in service. However, it demonstrated poor off-road capabilities, at least compared to what was expected of it.

2020年6月3日 · The M8 Greyhound was a small, 7.9 tonne American armored car with 6.4 mm to 25.4 mm of armor, only enough to protect against rifle caliber bullets, and armed with a 37 mm M6 main gun, a ‘peashooter’ at this point in the war. The M8 was used mostly as a reconnaissance vehicle for scouting. The American M8 Greyhound armored car Source: Hunnicutt.

2018年7月8日 · The M8 Greyhound served with the cavalry reconnaissance troops, with the role of being the eyes and ears of the battalion using its long-range radio set. Together with equipment and crew, the vehicle weighed only 17,400 lb (7,900 kg) and was capable of attaining a speed of 55 mph (89 km/h).

2024年5月20日 · The M8 Greyhound was the only armored car that the US military utilized in combat during WWII. While it was originally a response to the US Army’s request for a new anti-tank vehicle, its small 37 mm gun and light armor forced …

Named Greyhound in British service, the M8's characteristics were summarized by one Armoured Car Regiment as having a magnificent cross-country performance and being capable of crossing Class 9 bridges, but being found to be difficult to reverse and extremely vulnerable to damage from mines (the thin steel floor armour, only 1/8 to ¼-inch ...

Even long after World War Two, the Greyhound soldiered on in its original and improved/modified forms. A much later development of the Greyhound was Brazil's 4x4 M8 Brasileiro CRR, which was essentially a post-war modified M8.

The M8 Greyhound was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War. It was used by the U.S. and British troops in Europe and the Far East until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2002 still remains in service in some third world countries.

2021年3月21日 · One of the unsung American heroes of World War 2 was the venerable M8 Greyhound wheeled armored car series. The type was produced in the thousands during the war years and proved highly adept at its battlefield role. She was a reliable and tough thoroughbred despite some inherent limitations in her design.

2024年5月4日 · This article is about the M8 light armored car, also called Greyhound in British service, the definitive armored car of the U.S. Army. The M8 did not actually start out as a reconnaissance vehicle. Before World War II, America’s primary anti-tank weapon was the 37 …